Chapter twelve!
This one took a little while. College kinda just kicked me in the teeth. sorry.
I don't own RWBY
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Team DHLA
Biiiiig Grimm
After a few minutes of walking, Daien and his partner came to a circular clearing. In the middle of the clearing were a series of white stones. "Think this is it?" Daien asked, kicking up dirt off one of the stones. "N-No, I'm pretty sure it's further away." Chichi said, marveling at the stones. Suddenly Daien felt the ground move underneath him, "What the hell was that?" He asked as his hands instinctively went to his weapons. "W-what was what?" Chichi asked, a little scared by Daien's reaction. Daien felt it again but this time he took of running, grabbing Chichi as he passed her. Daien slung Chichi over his shoulder with surprising gentleness given that he was hauling ass.
Chichi started to ask what was wrong but saw for herself exactly what was wrong. The ground in the clearing erupted as a large reptilian Grimm tore through the earth, scrambling to catch the pesky people that woke him up. The creature was big; its body seemed to be a combination of a crocodile and a snake, long and somewhat flat that could rear up like a snake ready to strike but with eight short, stout legs and an abundance of strong muscle; its head was shaped somewhat like an arrow head and had orange feathery plumage just behind it, and its long tail was covered in bony plates; its eyes resembled egg yolks and seemed to glow faintly.
"What is that?!" Chichi shouted. "Biiiig Grimm! Let's call it Beastie!" Daien shouted, pouring on the speed, "Slow it down!" "R-Right!" Chichi laid both hands flat, palms up, and pushed up. A stone wall raised up behind them and in the path of 'Beastie'. The massive Grimm crashed through the wall and kept coming. Chichi pushed away from her with closed fists and at the end of the motion spread out her fingers. A stone right triangle raised out of the ground and, just as the Grimm reached it, barbed spikes shot out of its surface. This brought the Grimm to a halt as it wailed from the spikes impaled in its side. "Did you get it?" Daien asked Chichi, not slowing down. "I-yes, I slowed it down." Chichi said. "Good job! Now let's go find our relic before 'Beastie' decides to get up." Daien said.
Just then a loud inhuman roar came from behind them, "WHY DID I HAVE TO OPEN MY BIG MOUTH?!" Daien screamed as he ran from 'Beastie', who decided not only to get up but to get really pissed too. Chichi raise her hands again, "I can-" "Slowing it down won't work. If what you hit it with before didn't stop it, I doubt anything short of going all out will put it down. And out running it won't work either, Grimm that size don't give up easy." Daien said jumping over a rock. "Then what do we do?" Chichi asked, chucking a few more walls at 'Beastie'. "We need more room! Some more firepower and backup wouldn't hurt either!" Daien shouted, dodging trees and rocks as he ran.
Daien broke through the trees at a dead sprint, made difficult by carrying Chichi. He skidded to a halt next to Blake and Yang, the latter started swooning over him the moment he set Chichi down. "Why were you-" Blake was interrupted by an Ursa crashing through the trees, "Yeeehaaaaw!" There was a pink explosion from behind the Grimm and it collapsed dead, tossing Hyper-chick off its back and giving her partner time to catch up. The next second she was looking one of the white rooks over, "oooo!" She grabbed it and started balancing it on her head singing, "~I'm Queen of the Castle~". "Noraaa!" Her partner screamed. "Coming Ren!" She said catching the chess piece as it fell from her head.
"D-did she just ride in on an Ursa?" Daien asked between breaths. "I-" Pyrra ran out of the trees and said trees were blown apart as a Deathstalker chased the champion fighter. Ruby jumped onto the scene, landing in a roll, "Ruby?" Yang said in surprise. "Yang?" Ruby replied in equal surprise. "Noraaa!" Hyper-chick said getting between the two siblings and interrupting their hug. "Did she run all the way here with a Deathstalker on her tail?" Blake asked. "Uhm..." Daien said scratching the back of his neck. "Looks like we won't be the only ones who brought a friend to the party." Daien thought.
Just then Weiss dropped out of the sky and Jaune attempted to catch her only to have her land on his back. "My hero." "My back." By now Yang had had enough, "Uurgh, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Can everyone just chill out for two seconds, before something crazy happens again!" Yang yelled in a small rage. "One Kingdom of Vacuo. Two Kingdom of Vacuo." "Hey!" Dax said as he and Lilac ran up, "What we miss?" Just then 'Beastie' burst out of the trees, letting out a loud roar. "Shit! He found us!" Daien shouted as Yang just hung her head. Now that there was a side by side comparison, it looked like 'Beastie' was just a bit bigger than a Deathstalker. The Deathstalker knocked Pyrra on her back with the others, "Great! The gangs all here, now we can die together!" Yang said sarcastically.
""Not if I can help it!"" Ruby and Daien said simultaneously.
Ruby ran at the Deathstalker and Daien ran at 'Beastie'. As he ran Daien began unloading on the massive Grimm, using his superior vision to line up nigh perfect shots, focusing his fire on its eyes. The fearsome creature blocked most of the shots with its front legs, rearing up and using them much like arms; but a few of the shots got through, wreaking havoc on its left eye. 'Beastie' tried to swat Daien but the teen proved to be too quick, that is until he tried to retaliate, "He's figured me out! I can't get a good shot off!" Daien yelled, blasting at the Grimm's face as it used all of its free appendages to strike the teen. Daien was fighting a quickly losing battle.
Suddenly ice arrows, balls of ice energy, and an ice net slammed into 'Beastie' freezing him pretty much all over. Turning, Daien saw Dax, Chichi, and Lilac standing on a small hill near the temple. Dax was holding what looked more like a cruel and horrific torture device than a bow. It was as long as he was tall and covered in shining blades; instead of a traditional string the weapon used a wire of some sort and instead of regular arrows it looked like the weapon used Dust to make its own arrows. Dax released the string and sorta fist pumped the hand holding the weapon; the bow string disappeared into the weapon as it telescoped to about four feet and became a worn brass colored boar hunting spear that was covered tip to tip in blades. Daien noticed that Dax was wearing brown leather gloves and figured the rest out for himself.
"It's stuck, come on!" Lilac said motioning for him to move. Lilac held a brass knuckle trench knife with olive drab scales on the handle and Dust crystals set into the knuckles. The blade of the knife was at least six and a half inches and had fine serrations running along the back of the blade. The majority of the blade was matte silver but the sharp edges were black. "Thanks for the help." Daien said running up to the group. The three teens looked at each other and then back at Daien, "We take care of our own." Dax said as he and Daien shook forearms. Daien smiled and nodded, "Let's go, can't keep the others waiting!"
The four teens joined the rest of the group, "Uh, guys? I think that thing's circling back! What do we do?" Jaune asked pointing at the giant Nevermore circling above them. Daien took note of the Deathstalker with its tail stuck in ice. "As I see it, we can either shoot it down or get our relics and get the holy hell out of here. I vote second option." Daien said keeping an eye on the giant bird like Grimm. "He's right, our objective is to grab an artifact and make it back to the cliffs. There's no point in fighting these things." Ruby said.
"Run and live. That's an idea I can get behind." Jaune said. Ruby grabbed the remaining white knight and Jaune grabbed the remaining white rook, nodding to each other they made way for Daien and Dax to grab their pieces. Daien grabbed the white king piece and Dax grabbed the white queen. The Deathstalker and 'Beastie' struggled against their prisons and started to gain ground. "Time we left." Ren said. "Right!" Ruby said. "Let's move out!" Daien shouted, counting each person as they went by before bringing up the rear. Yang stopped. "What's up?" Daien asked coming up next to her. Yang was watching Ruby with the expression you'd expect from a proud sibling seeing their brother or sister succeed. "Nothing." Yang said, before running to catch up to the group.
Aaaand that's chapter 12!
This one was a bit longer because it took so long.
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